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May: Iran’s latest unfree and unfair election

Jun 1, 2017

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Clifford D. May

The Islamic Republic isn’t a democracy, but a theocratic dictatorship News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over…
WOTUS rewrite to align with Scalia opinion, seek feedback from Colorado

May 31, 2017

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Adam McCoy, special to Colorado Politics

Federal environmental regulators are seeking “input and wisdom” from Colorado as they begin the process of rewriting a Barack Obama-era water protection rule known as WOTUS, which the White House says it now wants aligned with a Supreme Court opinion on water rights from the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Scott…
Prosecutor Michael Dougherty jumps in Democratic primary for attorney general

May 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Michael Dougherty, the deputy district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties, announced this week he’s seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general in next year’s election. “The attorney general has to be above politics and do the right thing for all the people of Colorado,” Dougherty said. “Consumer protection, public safety, and transparency of government…
Aurora Democrat, energy expert Levi Tillemann exploring run against Mike Coffman

May 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Aurora Democrat Levi Tillemann, a former Obama administration official and expert in clean energy technologies, announced Thursday that he’s formed an exploratory committee to consider challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District in next year’s election. If Tillemann gets in the race, he’ll be the fourth Democrat seeking the nomination to…
Democrat Phil Weiser, former CU Law School dean, announces bid for Colorado attorney general

May 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Phil Weiser, a former dean of the University of Colorado Law School and Obama administration official, declared on Thursday that he’s running for attorney general in next year’s election, and he’s boasting a powerhouse endorsement out of the gate. Saying that too many worry government is beholden to wealthy, powerful interests, Weiser, 49, called…
May: Why Boeing and Airbus deals with Iran shouldn’t fly

May 4, 2017

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Clifford D. May

Aiding and abetting terrorists is bad business Sometimes international law is ambiguous. Sometimes not. When it comes to murdering civilians and using chemical weapons to get the job done, there are no grey areas, no fuzzy lines, no mitigating circumstances. Such practices are clearly and specifically prohibited under what’s called “the law of war.” That…
Hick’s climate plea: We’ll always have Paris — won’t we?

May 4, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

The office of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Wednesday he is joining 11 other U.S. governors in appealing to the Trump administration not to pull out of the Paris Accord, the 2015 global climate agreement backed by the Obama administration. A letter to President Trump signed by Hickenlooper and the other governors — all Democrats, including…
Losses from Colorado mine spill may be less than feared

Apr 4, 2017

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Dan Elliott

Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press has learned. Farmers, business owners, residents and others initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal…
Dempsey: Colorado coal communities saved from costly power plan

Apr 3, 2017

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Stan Dempsey

Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants – but not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal court. Colorado’s coal communities saw…
May: Trump’s pivot to North Korea

Mar 30, 2017

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Clifford D. May

It’s high time the United States deals with the most imminent nuclear threat America can do anything but America can’t do everything, at least not within a four-year time frame. That suggests that the American president – any American president – needs to prioritize. In 2011, President Obama decided that the Muslim world should no…